February 23, 2012

HI FAMILY! how are you all doing? here’s my week here at the mtc........................

last thursday: so i need to give some background information real quick. the elders in my district have a name for elders that are a little more attentive to the sisters here in the mtc than they should be..... they are referred to as "dodos". It’s pretty funny cause you can spot them from a mile away. my elders even have a specific call for these said dodos: (read in high pitched voice) "hermana, hermana, hermana." It’s pretty funny to see them all doing it and what’s sad is its quite accurate too. so basically while being here at the mtc I’ve had a few dodos myself. however there is this one.....the dodos of all dodos....the king dodo. so during class thursday night he comes into my class like just walks in, in the middle, comes straight for my desk and says "here hermana oslund this is for you" and then walks out. It’s an envelope that says hermana oslund that is clearly a late valentine’s day card. i open it up and there is a picture of me and him (let me add too that when we took this picture hermana pyle was in it also so CLEARLY he took the time to crop her out) and then hand made puzzle pieces fall out of the envelope.......one of the elders in my district takes it and puts it together and its a heart. A HEART. i took a picture of it that ill have to send home to you guys.

friday: so friday we got to learn about the ley de castidad....... AKA the law of chastity. can anyone say awkward????? i can’t handle this one at all. as a teaching demonstration hermano stevenson teaches me and hna. pyle. i couldn’t handle it all and could not figure out any other way to channel my awkwardness except through laughing. I’m not sure how I’m going to handle this in the field. i cant teach people about relacciones sexuales. too much.

sunday: so there i am sitting in sacrament meeting content in my own world when little did i know that it would all come crashing down in the next five seconds....my branch president, president evens approaches me and says, "hermana are you ready to give your talk today?" ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME PREVANS???? (k how funny is that nickname for him?) at tgat exact moment in time i would have given anything to go back in time to a moment where i had to give a talk in english. remember how nervous i was for my farewell talk?? that was nothing compared to this. NOTHING. plus worst of all we get told about two seconds before the opening hymn so i had no time/place to release my nervousness through pacing...i had to sit there. i swear my walk up to the pulpit was the longest walk of my life. it was like a period of slow motion that happens right before something bad is going to happen. luckily i survived and the only good thing that came from this situation is i am now clear of having to give a talk for the next two sundays.

tuesday: omg we had the best devotional EVER. seriously i was crying like a baby by the end of it. i felt so gay. it was on the book of mormon and i was just sitting there through the whole talk thinking of how the only reason that i am here is because of that book and not only do i get to go out and share it with people i get to bring it back and share it with the people of spain the place where the book of mormon guided me to come here. VIVA ESPANA. i just seriously can’t comprehend of how blessed i am that i get to go back to spain. coolest thig evs.

wednesday: so hermano stevenson a couple days before was helping me and hermana pyle come up with ways to invite the spirit more into our lessons. one of the suggestions he had was to sing a hymn with the investigator before the lesson....so we are like okay we will have to give this a try. so with our investigator enrique wednesday (AKA hermano stevenson role playing as our investigator) we decided to try this...... EPIC FAILURE. it didn’t occur to me that investigators don’t know the tune of hymns cause they have never heard them before so with hermano stevenson playing his role doesn’t sing, hna pyle sings SO QUIET i can’t even hear her so basically I’m the only one singing. obviously as everyone knows, my voice doesn’t invite the spirit AT ALL. and i can’t for the life of me figure out the tune of familes can be together forever in spanish. hermano stevensons face is bright red and he’s crying from laughing so hard. NOTE TO SELF: singing doesn’t invite the spirit.

thursday: hna pyle just got back from a doctors appt and found out she gets to leave on monday!!!!!! I’m so excited fro her that finally after 13 weeks here in spirit prison she gets to go out to the field!

so the other day i received my letter saying that I’m meeting with the spain consul tomorrow.... I’m thinking visa.... I’M GOING TO SPAIN!!!!!!!!!!!! nbd. my travel plans should be in soon. I’ll get you all the deets as soon as i get them to let you know what’s going on.

I LOVE YOU ALLLL!!!!!!!!!!!

LES QUIERO MUCHOOOOOO!!!!!

cant wait to hear from you this week! thank you so much for all your letters and support here!!!